The Sea-wreck Stranger

TitleThe Sea-wreck Stranger
Year for Search2007
AuthorsMackenzie, Anna(b. 1963)
Date Published2007
PublisherLongacre Press
Place PublishedDunedin, New Zealand
KeywordsAotearoa New Zealand author, Female author
Annotation

Young adult dystopia focusing on a young woman on an isolated island who saves a man after a wreck. The islanders, who have closed themselves off from all outsiders including anything from the sea, would have killed both of them. First volume of a trilogy. In the second volume, Ebony Hill. Dunedin, New Zealand: Longacre Press, 2010, the protagonist tries to settle into a new community, which is threatened from outside. In the third volume, Finder’s Shore. Dunedin, New Zealand: Longacre Press, 2011, the young woman returns to the island which is going through a power struggle.

Holding Institutions

PSt, VUW

Author Note

Aotearoa/ New Zealand female author (b. 1963)

Full Text

2007 Mackenzie, Anna (b. 1963). The Sea-wreck Stranger. Dunedin, New Zealand: Longacre Press. PSt, VUW

Young adult dystopia focusing on a young woman on an isolated island who saves a man after a wreck. The islanders, who have closed themselves off from all outsiders including anything from the sea, would have killed both of them. First volume of a trilogy. In the second volume, Ebony Hill. Dunedin, New Zealand: Longacre Press, 2010, the protagonist tries to settle into a new community, which is threatened from outside. In the third volume, Finder’s Shore. Dunedin, New Zealand: Longacre Press, 2011, the young woman returns to the island which is going through a power struggle. Aotearoa/ New Zealand female author.